design and policy making. design policy beacon: a tool of analysis

Agenda

9.30 Welcome coffee and registration

10.00 OpeningMauro Parolini, Regione LombardiaSilvia Piardi, Politecnico di Milano

10.20 FocusRegione Lombardia and Design Policies: recent experiencesPietro Lenna, Regione LombardiaDesign for Europe and the Design Policy BeaconStefano Maffei, Politecnico di Milano

11.00 PanelModerator: Matteo Brambilla, Rena MilanoPaola Negroni – Regione LombardiaSergio Valentini – Executive Unioncamere LombardiaFrancesco Samorè – Bassetti FoundationAnnibale D’Elia – Association “Innovare per Includere”

There are new subjectsaddressing the policy cyclein an innovative way.

A renuvated framework of policy making

Design, behavioural analysis,provisional models for policies


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There is the necessityto design and implementinterventions through new form of policy making, that can learn by previous experiences.

New approaches to policies

DESIGN

Making Design PolicyHow to make efficient policiesfor the Design System

Design Policy Making (Design for Policy)How design can play a role within the development processes of policy making

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DesignFor Europe

DfE: vision —

Improve the current understanding regarding design-driven innovation by increasing the awareness of how design can improve the efficiency of public services and the growth of enterprises in Europe.

Consortium lead

DfE: consortium —

Network42 Ambassadors13 Experts

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DfE: community —

Business

—Create better products, stronger brands and access to new markets.

PublicSector—Improve the experience and effectiveness of public services.

Policymaker

—Help creating the conditions for design-driven innovation.

DfE: main areas —

—POLIMI: Design Policy

POLIMI: Design Policy — Design Policies are action in support of design, intended as lever of economic development in a determinate territory.

In Europe a fragmented environment exists where many regions and nations (eg.: Denmark, Estonia, Finland) are currently establishing specific strategies of development.

Its goal is to create a resourcebased on data and empirical evidencefor policy maker, public servants and the public administration, academics,and users generally interested about the topic, to support the world of design policy.

DfE: Design Policy Beacon —

Starting with a database of 548 policies,we selected 45 relevant accordingly to specific criteria.

Analysis process —

The Beacon interprets data through a framework that analyse investmentsmade in design and their relative ecosystem of subject in a certain territory.

ValueComprehension of investments made in a nation or region

DPB: Framework –

Policies categorizationbased on typology of investment

Mapping of ecosystem of subjects in the policy cycle

Nationalprofiles

Catalogue

Future developmentsGoals achieved

Pattern Recommendations

DPB: Structure –

The Beacon offers a geolocalized overview of investment made in design.

ValueTaxonomy of investments in design.

DPB: national profiles –

DPB: National profiles –

The Beacon provides an archive/catalogueof policies/action of investment in support of design.

Value Learning base for future programmes

DPB: Catalogue –

DPB: Catalogue –

The Beacon will provide the possibility of a comparison on a European scale between different geographical contexts, based on their design support profile.

Value Learning by different experiences made in similar contexts

DPB: Pattern –

The Beacon will provide guidelines based on interpretation from experts in the fieldfor development of future design policies. ValueBetter allocation of future investments.

DPB: Recommendations –

The Design Policy Lab is a newborn subject that provides consultancy and support to service for policy makers and public administration on topics of design for policy and design policies.

Design Policy Lab –

Picture taken during the workshop “Design Policy in Action”, March 21st, 2016, Luxembourg

Build a dialogue with institutions and public actors, by direct involvement of public administration and experts for an assessment in the field and further implementation of this initiative.

Pragmatic actions –

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